A/N: 1.5k views! Thank you guys for your support, I appreciate it.

So here's chapter 3. Earlier than usual, and shorter than usual.

So as always, read and review~.

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Chapter 3

The moment Hyoudou Issei woke up, the first thing he realized that he was in a hospital.

Of course he should know a hospital room by now, he comes here more times than he would've liked.

As he looked at his hands in no reason particular, he suddenly remembered some things that happened yesterday, especially last night's.

The events of last night wasn't clear to him, but he idly wondered how he arrived here in the first place.

It was then that he noticed, underneath the hospital gown he was wearing, his entire body had been covered in bandages.

"Ehhh?! When did I get bandaged?! Why am I feeling so numb?! Who brought me back here anyway?"

He ranted to no one in particular as he felt the numbness in his feet. He couldn't even stand up.

The door suddenly opens, and a frog-faced doctor came in. He looked at him in an understanding way as he put on some notes on his clipboard.

"Ise-kun, good morning." He greeted him in his usual demeanor Issei usually find him. "Back again, so soon?"

"It's not like I've wanted to though. I didn't even know who brought me here in the first place."

"Ah I see, and here I am thought you had a nurse fetish."

"Well, I kinda do have one…" Issei suddenly said as he scratched his cheek, it was then he realized what he said and suddenly felt embarrassed. "What the hell are you making me say, you damn old man?!"

"Hahahaha…" the old doctor laughed heartily. "I'm glad it wasn't just me though."

Isn't that obvious in the first place?! Issei thought as he looked at the old doctor in bewilderment.

The doctor continued to laugh for a while, before clearing his throat.

"To answer your second question." He said as he looked at his clipboard. "You were admitted here by a red-haired(or is it crimson-haired?) girl with her friends last night."

Not noticing the weird look on Issei's face that time, the old man continued. "You had bruises all over your body, along with several fractures that I thought it would take a few more days to heal." The old doctor then made a joke. "It's as if you were healed by healing magic before you were admitted here." He chuckled amusedly. "Then again, if they really used it, then you wouldn't be here at all, won't you?"

While the doctor continued to chuckle at his expense, Issei suddenly recalled something about seeing a crimson-haired lady together with some figures he is rather familiar with, though he couldn't recognize them. Did they brought him here? They did saw him defeat the monster, right? Could they spread around what they saw? Would Issei's name be circulated now in the rumors? Would his name "Monster Slayer" be recognized? Would he become popular with the girls now? Would he have his own harem now? After all, Issei thought, chicks dig heroes!

It was then that the door opened once more. Issei thought that it would be a nurse to enter, not that he wouldn't mind. The nurses here are the best! With its short, pink, tight-fitting uniform that leaves nothing to imagination, the white leggings and their natural beauty accentuated by their big breasts, he could actually feel his sexual desire increasing in every moment he could see one of them!

But the one who entered his room had broken his expectations, and instead exceeded it. His eyes widened as he saw who entered his room. Of all the people, this one is the least one he expected to visit him. Hell, he never even talked to her! Admired her in the distance, sure… but talked to her? It's impossible. His school mates even forbade to let him share the same air as her. So how did she know about him?! He continued to deny her existence in front of him because no matter how much he tried to slice it, there is no way that she would know about him.

After all, she is Rias Gremory, the most popular girl in the school.

Her long crimson hair swayed as a gentle breeze blew by it, like it naturally danced with the air. She had the most beautiful face he had seen, and those clear blue eyes that pierced him in a way that nobody else could. Her posture deems of elegance and power. And her soft, round and perfectly shaped oppai…

Issei couldn't believe it, he thought this could only happen in one of his 'summer night' dreams.

He knows she is an existence far beyond what he is.

But why is she, of all people, visiting him? He doubted his parents even know about his admittance to a hospital once more…

"Am I interrupting something?" She asked, her sweet voice felt heavenly to Issei.

"No, not at all." The doctor waved his hand as she looked at Issei, who is now determined to look anywhere but her. "I just checked Issei-kun's condition here, so I'm going back to my duties."

"O-Oh yeah…" Issei suddenly blubbered, obviously distracted. "So long old man…"

"Keep resting, take your medicines, and if all goes well, you could be released this afternoon."

"Y-Yeah, I-I'll do that."

And with that, the doctor left the room.

"How are you doing, Hyoudou-kun?" Rias Gremory asked him, her eyes full of curiosity.

Issei could only shake himself from hyperventilating. Did he just saw Rias Gremory's oppai shake?! His mind suddenly went into overdrive as he 'saved' what he just saw in his brain for 'later' use.

"Hyoudou-kun?"

Issei suddenly heard her voice and he began to compose himself. Not good! Just count prime numbers! One, three, five, seven, oppai…! Not good! Not good at all!

"A-Ah…! I'm actually fine now!" As soon as he said that, he felt that he could sink into the ground in embarrassment. What kind of answer is that anyway?!

"That's good." She sighed in relief. "You collapsed on us suddenly, for a moment I didn't know what to do!" She chuckled as if she remembered some joke.

It was then that Issei suddenly realized that the red-haired lady he saw last night was indeed the same girl in front of him, Rias Gremory.

If that is indeed the case, it brings him to one question…

"What are you doing there, Gremory-senpai?"

"We are the Occult Research Club." She said as a matter of fact. "We heard the rumors about a monster, so we come to investigate."

Issei nodded, as it makes sense in his mind. Occult Research Club researching about supernatural. Nothing wrong about that…

"…is what we would normally tell others. But not you, since you stumbled upon it in the first place."

"Eh…?" Issei could only say what is on his mind right now. From what she says, he concluded that somehow, it involves something big. His luck really sucked big time.

"The truth is… we are going to eliminate the Stray Devil you made disappear."

What?! He was bewildered by that. He couldn't even fathom that a group was actively seeking it to be eliminated. It was just because of his unusual right hand that he was able to defeat it… but what about them?! And what's this about Stray Devils? There are kinds of devils?

"…I suppose I have to explain everything from the beginning, do I?" She sighed as she looked at his face, which was a mixture of shock, denial and surprise. She couldn't blame him, she supposed. He was practically new to all of this.

"To tell you the truth, we, the Occult Research Club, aren't human." She said firmly, expecting some sort of reaction from him, like an outburst or bewilderment or something similar.

"Well yeah, it's kinda obvious."

However, she didn't count the fact that he just took it calmly. He surprised her, in a way.

"…you're just too beautiful just to be human!"

When she heard that, Rias flushed in embarrassment. She was used to compliments, especially when guys hit on her, but hearing it from him, without having any ulterior motives or rather lack of motive, is something else. For that she was grateful.

"Thank you. But we aren't just any other beings either…" She paused, pondering how to continue. What should she say? Should she take it easy? Or should she be blunt? Looking at him though… she finally decided on a method.

"We are Devils." She said as she showed him her black wings.

A silent atmosphere was suddenly created between the two of them.

Issei's jaw drops as he looks at Rias with shock clearly evident in his eyes.

"D-Devils…"

"Yes." She said as she folded back her wings.

"S-So… um… you're a devil… and um… are you going to… uh… eat my soul?"

Rias flabbergasted. I should've expected this, I should've expected this. Must not react. Must not react. Must not react.

"Of course not. Unless you wanted to?"

"Not at all!"

"Well, that's good. Times change, so we, as a race, adapted to the modern society you humans have. We don't do that anymore."

"Ah… Yeah."

"Enough of that. What I really come here for, is you." She said as she pointed at him with a smile that's more beautiful than any of the girls in his gravure magazines have.

Issei couldn't believe what he was hearing nor what he was currently seeing. Is this a dream?! Did she just say that she wants me?! Is this the start of my ascent of being the Harem King of the Harem Road?!

"But I don't have even have the Harem Regalia yet!"

"Eh? What did you just say?"

"Er… Nothing."

Rias passed it off as one of Issei's quirks aside from being perverted.

"Basically, what I wanted to hear is your story last night. How did you know that there is a Stray Devil there?" Issei slightly deflated at those words. I should've expected that. There is no way that Gremory-senpai would approach me if it wasn't for that.

"Ummm… the truth is… it's kind of a coincidence." He answered truthfully.

Coincidence. Rias gave him the benefit of a doubt. For all instances she had, Stray Devils always have barriers surrounding their hideouts, so that they could stay away from the devils and other factions who hunts them, and repel away most of the humans except if they wanted to eat.

Stray Devil Vaizor is that kind of Stray Devil, it managed to escape the other factions from time to time until it came here in this town. It was only because he was careless for only one time that the Archduke managed to its location and sent their group to eliminate it. In fact, Rias herself had destroyed some of those barriers before going in.

So the question is, how this boy, Hyoudou Issei, managed to get inside when Vaizor didn't want him to?

"I want the full story, everything you can remember."

"It was kind of embarrassing…"

"Nevertheless, I wanted to hear the truth."

Gremory-senpai seemed insistent. So Issei told her what exactly happened yesterday, from accidentally entering the girl's baths, to being chased by thugs, meeting Sister Asia, and being chased by thugs again, until the fight with the Stray Devil. When he was finished, the look on Rias' face is on something like between amazement and disbelief.

"Y-You mean to say…" She said, trembling as she did so. "I-It all happened because of your 'lackluster' luck."

"Yeah… it happened all the time. So, it doesn't bother me that much, except that this time, there is a monster involved." He sighed in exasperation. "Man, I couldn't really catch a break. Such misfortune."

"Yes. Well…" Rias didn't know what to say. Personally, she didn't believe the story, but she is willing to give him the benefit of a doubt. After all…

"Let me clarify. Your right hand is responsible for the Stray Devil's fall?"

"Yeah."He confirmed without any hesitation. "I was pretty desperate that time though. It was only because I remembered stopping light spears before that I decided on that. Turns out it was effective!" He said happily.

"But to erase a devil with just a touch… even if it is a stray…" Rias mumbled as she contemplated the situation. If his story would be believed, then he could possibly destroy all of devil-kin, which in itself makes Hyoudou Issei, a potential target… or a potential peerage member. She shook her head at the latter.

She then raised her head up when she realized there were more in his statement earlier than she realized.

"Can you repeat that again, Hyoudou-kun?"

Issei looked confused, again. "Err… what?"

"Something about being desperate."

"Uhh… I was pretty desperate, and when I remembered about how I made light spears disappear, I decided to gamble on that. Is that it, Gremory-senpai?"

"I see." She nodded as she realized the impact of the statement. "So, it is clear to me that you have encountered something before the Stray Devil, am I correct?"

"Er… yeah, pretty much." He admitted pretty quickly.

"I see." She suddenly stood up. "Thank you for your time, Hyoudou-kun. I appreciate what you have told me, and I swear I would make it up to you for this."

"Er… no need Gremory-senpai." He said as he shook his head. "I wanted some answers too…"

"Alright then, I'll take my leave. Be careful okay?"

"Yes."

And with that, she left the room.


"Rias, how is he?" Akeno asked her as she sat on a couch, trying to sort out the information she had on one Hyoudou Issei, who he seemed to interest her much more than she should have.

"He's fine now."

Akeno gave a sigh of relief she didn't know she was holding.

"That's good. I can't believe that I panicked yesterday."

Rias gave her a knowing eye. "Your healing magic suddenly lost its effect."

"Right, I managed to heal his torso and head by simple concentrating on that part. But when I tried to contain the whole body in the healing magic, it somehow disappeared."

"It must be because of that right hand of his..."

Akeno looked surprised at Rias' answer.

"How did you know?"

Rias squirmed a bit. "I asked him."

Akeno looked skeptical of a sudden. "That's all it took?"

"He's an honest to a fault person. It helps that he looks for answers too."

"So what did he say?"

"About what?"

"The whole thing... about his fight with the Stray Devil... or rather how he got there in the first place."

Rias then gave a sigh. "It's just that Akeno, it's all bad luck."

Akeno couldn't believe what she was hearing at the moment.

"Eh?"

"I suppose his right hand escalated all of it to a whole new level, but the circumstances that lead him there is all a case of bad luck. Even I couldn't believe it sometimes."

"To summarize, he's unlucky to have stumbled a Stray Devil and yet equally lucky enough to survive. Most Stray Devils aren't strong, but they are more than a match for any ordinary human."

"Yes, and it's surprising he could win... but considering the power in its right hand, I could say that he would've won, no matter what."

"That's pretty big words, Rias." She said as she sipped some of the tea she had prepared earlier. "Did you get an insight on what his power is?"

"I have enough observations and confirmations that I could formulate a hypothesis... but I think it's better than nothing."

"By the way, where are Yuuto and Koneko?"

"Training."

"Training?"

"We may never know what would happen Rias... especially for you."

Rias gritted her teeth as she remembered something that was pushed away from her mind due to recent events.

"Akeno, we'll be undergoing training too."

Akeno stood up and then bowed before Rias mockingly and said, "As you wish, my King."

Which in turn, Rias laughed at.


"What the hell is this?! Who set this up?! Is the karmic universe still out for my blood?! What the hell did I do to deserve this, such misfortune!" Though he noticed his cries are rather strange, Hyoudou Issei continued to run in the roads of the town until he lose the one pursuing him.

It was a fateful night, one would say. After leaving the hospital, he was suddenly involved in a strange happening involving a group of mice, a jumping student, a whole lot of cabbages and a banana split. Not that he would mind a banana split, but the monstrous cabbage came to him and then... the girl... and suddenly the mice came over and… he shivered as he ran with all of his might.

One thing is for sure after this. He would never look at a cabbage on the same way ever again.

"Hmph. No matter how much you would run, you can never outran me."

Issei's blood grew cold as a man suddenly flew down in front of him. He wore a trench coat and a fedora hat, with a pair of black wings in almost the same color of Raynare's flapped against the wind.

"Hooohhh, I thought Raynare already killed you."

His body shivered when he remembered Raynare's attempt to kill him, though he was relieved that she suddenly changed her mind.

"Well, she had a change of mind!" He shot back at the fallen angel.

"That fool!" The fallen angel in front of him clicked his tongue as he looked at him. "She should know better than to disobey the top brass."

He breathed deep for a second before he looked at Issei once more. "Well, it's up to me to correct that mistake. Now die!" He then threw a deadly light spear at him; and that almost hit him in the stomach if he didn't roll out of the way.

"Haaaahhh! Take this and this!" He shrieked as he threw more light spears at him. He rolled, dodged and ducked at the light spears though some of them managed to graze his current clothes.

"Now take this, be a good boy and die for Raynare's sake!" The trench coat and fedora guy yelled as he threw one of light spears as soon as he ducked the last one he threw earlier.

He knew he couldn't dodge this time, his body still recovering from fatigue. He could no longer do anything except held out his right hand to block the incoming light spear.

Then, a sound of breaking glass was heard in the area.

The fallen angel in fedora and trench coat looked in horror as the light spear he threw suddenly disappeared from the boy's right hand as if he erased it.

"What did you just do?!"

"I don't really know." The boy replied, his right hand still stretched out and there was no ounce of damage was seen on it. "But if I didn't stop you now, you'll be hunting for me anyway... so it's better for it to be settled right here, and right now!"

"Good words, boy..." The fallen angel recovered as he looked at the boy with disdain. "But no matter what, you'll still die here!"

The boy paid him no heed as he ran towards the fallen angel. In response, the fallen angel threw more light spears at him, much more than what he did earlier, but the boy didn't back down a bit. He either sidestepped, ducked or used his right hand to erase them, but he didn't back down, he keeps on moving forward.

The fallen angel suddenly began to fear the boy. He didn't understand what is going on with him, but the boy's gaze scared him. Like he was being turned into a prey by the boy he deemed too weak and an ordinary human at that.

"AAAAAHHHHH! STAY AWAY FROM ME!" He cried as he prepared the light spear with the strongest output he could muster.

Only 200m left, and the boy sprinted to him... He looked worried for a second and then grinned bit by bit as the spear became completed all of a sudden.

"TAKE THIS AND NOW DIE!" He shouted throwing the light spear at the boy at point blank range.

"AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!" He heard the boy yell as the light spear he made rampaged through his body and the light energy scattered in every direction, causing random explosions around the area. The boy continued shouting.

After a few seconds and the boy stopped shouting. The light still continued to scatter, but he now felt his victory. He clenched his fists as he watched his light spear continue to its rampaging of the boy's body. He killed the boy now... now he will be sure that Raynare wouldn't have to suffer Kokabiel's punishment as he covered her mistake. He was now sure that she now owed him something. Then he will use the chance to...

Then his thoughts were canceled by a right hand suddenly appearing in front of him ready to strike him.

"But how?!" That's all he said as the said right fist connected in his left cheek and he didn't knew anything anymore.


"Hah... Hah..." Issei panted as he saw the fallen angel in front of him, laid down on the ground, defeated. His legs then suddenly gave in as he suddenly sat on the ground, looking at his opponent.

"I thought I was going to die there!" He cried as he remembered how many close calls he had. He involuntarily shivered as he thought about what could have happened if he misjudged one of those light spears.

"Hyoudou-kun!" A voice suddenly rang out from behind him. He twirled around and saw Rias Gremory and her friends as she let out a hand to him.

"Ahhh... Gremory-senpai." He grinned as he grabbed her hand with his right hand.

A sound of broken glass once again was heard in the area.

Rias then suddenly pulled back her hand and the atmosphere turned into a tense one. He then noticed that while her friends she brought were indifferent to him, there was a sudden tension between them that he could not placate.

"Huh?" was all he could say to break the atmosphere.

"Hyoudou-kun." He heard the damn handsome Kiba say as he held out his hand when he saw Himejima-senpai comforted Gremory-senpai, who is suddenly now on a state of shock.

"Please let me help you up." Kiba said to him in a sincere manner like a knight. He then complied as he held out his right hand to grab Kiba's hand when suddenly he pulled back. "Please use your left hand. It would be rather... dangerous for me to make a contact with your right hand."

It was only then that Issei knew why Gremory-senpai had pulled back.

As soon as he was up, he immediately went to Himejima-senpai and Gremory-senpai and he bowed.

"I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking when I used my right hand, please forgive me..." He said as he mumbled "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" again and again.

It was then that Rias Gremory woke up from her shock. "Eh... I just... When I made contact with Hyoudou-kun's right hand, my life force and power suddenly went out, like it was being erased by something... I suddenly pulled back. I'm sorry if I scared you in some way or another."

"But I should've been more careful!"

"I'm sorry, Hyoudou-kun." Himejima-senpai interrupted as Gremory-senpai tried to apologize once more. "We let you fight that fallen angel all by yourself. If we could've arrived sooner. All of this wouldn't happen."

"...Sorry..." The white haired loli-mascot, Koneko-chan, spoke for the first time this evening.

"Ah..."

"Nevertheless, this battle seemed to have confirmed something within you, so in a way, we are glad about it."

Issei nodded at his senpai's wise words... Not to mention those oppai that swayed every moment she moved. He gulped as he burned it for later use.

"Now that we have settled it. We have more important discussions to settle, Hyoudou Issei-kun." Himejima-senpai said as she pointed at him with her index finger. "Would you like to join Rias' peerage?"

"Akeno!" Gremory-senpai protested but Himejima-senpai shushed her. "This is for your own good, Rias. We know you need all the help you can get..." Gremory-senpai then suddenly clammed up.

"What is a peerage?"

"A peerage is something given to high-class devils when they come of age, or when they reached the rank of a high-class devil." The damn handsome explained to him. "The high-class devil will be given an evil piece set which would be used to revive or change the person's constitution to become a devil and serve under the high-class devil who will assume the King of that peerage."

"That doesn't sound very convincing if you were trying to recruit me." Issei said as he crossed his arms.

"Well, Kiba-kun said that a peerage will be given to a high-class devil right?" Himejima-senpai smiled as she explained to me. "Reincaranted devils like us could also reach that rank and be given a peerage."

It was then that Himejima-senpai whispered something in his left ear. "You want a harem, don't you?" He nodded. "If you have a peerage, you could recruit some girls, and if they agreed, you could do anything to them."

Issei's mind suddenly exploded. Does this mean what I really think it means?

"If I reached the rank of a high-class devil, then I would be able to get my own peerage?! I c-could have a harem right?!" He said trembly. "I-I c-could have sex with them, right?! Right?!"

"If they're your servants... then it should be fine."

That was the last straw for Issei. He simply couldn't take it anymore.

"Gremory-senpai!" He shouted as Rias suddenly looked at him, feeling rather sad as she faced her. "Make me your servant! I shall serve you with all of my heart and become a high-class devil I no time at all! Then I'll have sex with beautiful women! Fufufufu..."

"A-Are you sure?" She asked him. "If we do this, then there's no turning back."

Issei suddenly looked at them. Himejima-senpai is looking expectantly, the damn handsome is still wearing his damn smile, and Koneko-chan was eating some sweets. They would become his comrades is he joined... I suppose it wouldn't be too bad. He then reaffirmed with his decision.

"I've never been surer with my life than now!" Issei said as he bumped his chest with his fist. "Make me your servant!" Fufufu, I'll soon have to be able to have sex with girls! I'll now graduate from being a cherry boy! Ah~ I can't wait!

"If that is what you want, then I can't really stop you." She said as she took out some chess pieces that began to float in front of her: One bishop, One knight, One rook and Eight pawns. Issei braced himself. His dream would become true soon!

Rias contemplated on what she should use to reincarnate the boy in front of him. Having seen his capabilities, a Knight or a Rook should fit him... Maybe pawn as well. A Knight for speed, taking down his enemies in the Rating Game with just a touch. A rook for firepower. And pawn for versatility. Considering the still unknowns of his right hand, or rather his Sacred Gear, she decided to use the piece that would definitely fit him.

She set aside the other pieces except for the 8 pawn pieces.

A magic circle suddenly appeared beneath Issei as a crimson power surrounds her. "I order" She started to chant. "In my name Rias Gremory. You, Hyoudou Issei. I resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my Pawn, be delighted with your new life!"

It was then that the whole 8 pawn pieces, started to enter Issei's body one by one and he was engulfed in a crimson aura.

At her surprise, and apparently the others as well, a sound of broken glass was heard and the crimson energy surrounding Issei was gone. The magic circle beneath him also vanished, and the evil pieces... the evil pieces... were lost forever. It was destroyed.

"I somehow get the feeling this is going to happen." Rias said as she shook her head. "Nothing seems to be going in the way for you, Hyoudou-kun?"

Issei, after witnessing what just happened, cursed his luck. Here he was, being offered a chance to make his dream come true, when the stupid right hand reacted, erasing all traces of change within him. He lamented his lack of luck, and the cursed appendage that erases the supernatural.

"Such misfortune!"